Box 7

Scope and Contents A Typical Texas Cotton Field at Picking Time. Black- and-white image of cotton pickers, both male and female. Little girl in bandana in foreground putting cotton into a sack. Other workers seen in the background, along with a young boy. All are African American. Picking begins in late August and may last until Christmas. The small girl may pick twenty pounds of lint in a day, while an expert picker can gather as much as 300 pounds. Meadville, Pa.: Keystone View Company, ca. 1900-1920. 17.75...

Scope and Contents

Black-and-white image of a group of cotton pickers, including a man, woman, and young boy and girl in foreground. Other pickers in background. All are African American. Buildings visible in background. No location given. ca. 1900. 17.75 x 10 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Scope and Contents

Black-and-white image of workers, both male and female, in the field picking cotton, loading it into bags or baskets. One man in the background carries a loaded basket on his shoulders. A young girl in the foreground is filling a basket with cotton. All the workers are African American. No location given. ca. 1900. 17.25 x 9 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Scope and Contents

Black-and-white image of man bent over picking cotton with a small boy standing near him, both surrounded by rows and rows of cotton plants. Both are African American. Another worker in the background. Littleton, New Hampshire: Littleton View Co., Publishers, ca. 1880-1889. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Scope and Contents

Color image of two women posed in the middle of a large cotton field but they do not appear to be actually picking cotton (they have no cotton bags for instance). Buildings and trees in the background. ca. 1907-1915. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents

Color image of two African American children picking cotton in a large cotton field, with several other pickers visible in the background. Trees in the background at the edge of the cotton field. No location given. ca. 1907-1915. 13.5 x 8.5 cm.

Format: Postcard.

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image depicts several African American women in a cotton field: one woman places cotton in a basket, with a child sitting on the ground in front of the basket; another carries carries a basket of cotton on her head; and a third (on the left) fills a basket of bag with cotton. Two African American men stand in the background. Probably in the Savannah, Ga., area. O. Pierre Havens (successor to Wilson & Havens), Photographer, Savannah, Ga. ca. 1883-1888. 17.75 x 10 cm....

Scope and Contents

Cotton Picking, Louisiana. Black-and-white image of two African American cotton pickers in the foreground, and another with a basket hoisted on his shoulder filled with cotton. The pickers in the background appear to be Caucasian; most of them are women wearing sunbonnets. Washington, D.C.: Published by J. F. Jarvis; sold only by Underwood & Underwood. 17.75 x 8.75 cm.

Format: Stereoptic print.

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image of cotton pickers in a cotton field. Almost all appear to be African American. The man in the foreground carries a basket filled with cotton on his head. A child walks beside him. House and trees in background. Probably in the Aiken, S.C., area. No. 170 of "Characteristic Southern Scenes." Photographed by J. A. Palmer, Aiken, S.C. ca. 1880s. See also Items 38 and 39, in this folder, which show the same house in the background although it is unclear if they were all...

Scope and Contents Black-and-white image of several African American women picking cotton in a cotton field. Two small children are nearby. Two of the women carry filled baskets of cotton on their heads. House and trees in background. Probably in the Aiken, S.C., area. No. 175 of "Characteristic Southern Scenes." Photographed by J. A. Palmer, Aiken, S.C. ca. 1880s. See also Items 37 and 39, in this folder, which show the same house in the background although it is unclear if they were all taken at the same...